Nintendo's new double-sized screen DSi screen, confirmed earlier this week in Japan on the the DSi LL, has now officially been slated for U.S. and European releases as well. On the east side of the Pacific Ocean, however, the new handheld will be called the DSi XL.

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A few days back, rumors spread that Nintendo was working on a new version of the DSi with a larger screen. Seems that these rumors are 100% accurate, as Nintendo officially announced their latest hardware iteration at a press conference in Japan.

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David Bowie and Iggy Pop have already made their "Lego Rock Band" debuts on the Internet, as has "Lego Rock Band" gameplay, but the full track list is now out in the open and Blink-182, The Police and Vampire Weekend all have official presences in the game as well. Check out the whole 46-song rundown after the jump.

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"FIFA 10" outperformed last year's "FIFA 09" and dethroned "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" in its first week on the UK sales charts. The EA Sports release, which enjoys a far bigger following on the east side of the Atlantic than its sister franchise "Madden NFL," knocked of "San Andreas" as the number two first-week performer of all time in the UK, placing second only to "GTA IV."

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In an extra special, sassy episode of Game Plan, I give a spot-on impersonation of Mickey Mouse and Tim actually agrees with me for once. Also I, occasionally, have the voice of the devil.

Sidenote: Tim really liked the fact that you can use the alt fire on "Dead Space Extraction" by turning the remote sideways. It got cut in the final edit, but he wanted you all to know that. There, my conscience is clear.

Brace yourself. Think you can handle it? It's vampire-related, so be prepared. Yes, it's "Twilight," everyone's favorite teenage, hormone-driven romp, coming your way in video game form! "Twilight: Scene It," which was announced last week, is still coming, and here's some box art for you to hang on your wall next to your unicorns, rainbows and posters of abs.

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Remember the old days when those clunky Game Boy cartridges could be ejected and re-inserted into your new portable system purchase? DSiWare's downloadable games reportedly don't have the same functionality, so take good care of that DSi you put them on. A new report indicates that once they're purchased, the only way to move your games to another DSi is by presenting Nintendo with both systems when your first DSi is mortally wounded.

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"Assassin's Creed" fans have some good news and bad news to chew on this week, as Ubisoft announced a new "Assassin's Creed 2" spin-off for the Nintendo DS, but also revealed that the "AC2" release date for PC has been postponed. The DSi camera-ready "Assassin's Creed 2: Discovery" has already made its rounds informally around the Internet as an upcoming iPhone release, but yesterday the title was made official, and a few details have been clarified.

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Nintendo tied up its "Metroid Prime" franchise nicely with their recent "Trilogy" boxed set, and the company currently has its sights set on "Metroid: Other M," a 2D-ish return to classic "Metroid" gameplay. That project left the "Prime" games' developers at Retro behind to partner with Tecmo. Certain word choices by developers in a recent interview, however, seem to to indicate that future "Prime" games may still be possible down the pipe.

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Even though "Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box" is out in the wild, Nintendo isn't giving up on bringing the puzzles to the masses. As a means of promoting the game, they'll be sending a representative dressed up as the one and only puzzle professor, to cities across the country.

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